"Hip new slang"
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The author's comment: "sometimes I think of a comic, and it makes me laugh even though I don't know why it makes me laugh, and then I draw it for you"
Interesting that this "hip new slang" is a whole abstract discourse, rather than just an isolated reference or modification.
Jerry Friedman said,
January 15, 2022 @ 1:29 pm
Reminds me of The Demolished Man (1953), a science fiction novel by Alfred Bester.
"Pip."
"Pop."
"Bim."
"Bam."
Victor Mair said,
January 15, 2022 @ 1:32 pm
social media speak
chatting via bubbles
Carl said,
January 15, 2022 @ 2:20 pm
uwu is common enough: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uwu
I’m not familiar with owo though.
Tyro said,
January 15, 2022 @ 3:17 pm
UwU/uwu and OwO/owo are both emoticons, the first representing closed eyes around a cat-like mouth, and the second representing open/surprised eyes and a cat-like mouth. They were never meant to be spoken as words (being of Japanese origin), but people started doing so anyway once they were adopted into English-speaking online cultures, most notably the furry community in the twenty-teens.
So, I…uh…I'd take issue with any of this being "hip," "new," or "slang."
Paul Garrett said,
January 15, 2022 @ 6:28 pm
Ha, yeah, as Tyro observes, this slang is neither new nor hip, but… possibly is "new, hip slang". :)
Sadly :), when the cartoonists and bloggers I followed starting 20 years ago have gone from edgy late-20-somethings to late-40-somethings, I can no longer have confidence in their up-to-date-ness on this stuff! :)
Terry Hunt said,
January 15, 2022 @ 6:48 pm
I'm sure that the "Hip New Slang" title is an ironic side-joke, not a serious assertion by writer Jeph Jacques that this is actual current real-world* slang: notice the footnote "sometimes you just have noises you make with a friend".
(* The ongoing story is set in a slightly future and/or alternate world.)
John Swindle said,
January 15, 2022 @ 10:51 pm
I agree with Terry Hunt. This is about “noises you make with a friend,” about the magic of human (and human with AI) bonding, and not about slang. The last panel, which I found heartwarming, and the fine text at bottom right each make that clear. That doesn’t mean linguistics can shed no light on it: feel free!
Terpomo said,
January 17, 2022 @ 5:42 am
I never thought I would see the day when I would see the word "uwu" on Language Log.
Mike said,
January 21, 2022 @ 6:32 pm
I always thought I'd see the day when I would see the word "uwu" on LL, because it's being used currently. LL loves to discuss such things, even if they are not owo or cromulent.